Abiotic factors are non-living chemical and physical elements in the environment, which affect individual organisms as well as ecosystems. Examples are UV, IR and visible light, radiation ...

Abiotic factors are the nonliving, physical and chemical factors that shape the environment. Abiotic factors include sunlight, temperature, water, soil, carbon dioxide, dissolved oxygen and even ...

Department of Environmental Geosciences, Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria ...

In this Market Factors, we describe why equity investors need to follow the U.S. ten-year bond yield, explain why dividend yield is less important than many believe, and take a look at some of the ...

Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, yet they support 10% of all known species. A recent study published in the journal Nature warns that nearly a quarter of freshwater species ...

Thousands of fish, crab and dragonfly species could become extinct in the coming decades—and many more could follow. A landmark assessment of the health of nearly 24,000 freshwater species found ...